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Legal Implications of Cloud Technology Telecoms, Media & Technology

Legal Implications of Cloud Technology

Dr. Claude Micallef-Grimaud recently spoke on behalf of Microsoft Corporation ('Microsoft') at a half-day public seminar organised by the Malta IT Law Association (MITLA) on the topic of 'trust in cloud technology'. The event took place on 12th December 2016 at SmartCity Malta (SCM). Throughout his presentation, Dr. Micallef-Grimaud used Microsoft itself as a case-study to analyze what certain cloud service providers do to earn public trust in modern technology like 'the cloud'. The main point that he raised was that if people don't trust new technology, they simply won't use it and if that happens, innovation will grind to…
Claude Micallef Grimaud
14th December 2016
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Occupational Health and Safety Legislation Employment and Industrial Relations

Occupational Health and Safety Legislation

​Recently, Dr. Christine Calleja delivered a lecture on health and safety legislation organised by Business Leaders Academy. Health and safety legislation can be a minefield for employers. The Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act and the Regulations issued under it (around 30 in number) regulate issues varying from compulsory eye-sight checks for workers to the number of sanitary conveniences which need to be present at the workplace. The law imposes a wide range of obligations on the employer to ensure at all times the health and safety not only of workers, but also that of other persons who may be affected…
Christine Calleja
28th November 2016
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Mamo TCV contributes to Taylor Wessing’s Offshore Security Enforcement Guide Banking & Finance

Mamo TCV contributes to Taylor Wessing’s Offshore Security Enforcement Guide

​Mamo TCV has contributed to Taylor Wessing's Offshore Security Enforcement Guide, 2016 further cementing its status as to the "go-to" Maltese law firm for several foreign international firms, particularly in the practice areas of banking, corporate finance and security-backed financing. The aim behind this Guide is to offer a handy and easily accessible comparative exercise on a number of key financial jurisdictions (including Malta) with an emphasis on enforcing security. This Guide is intended to serve as an overview and does not purport to replace specialist legal advice and is not intended to act as a substitute for obtaining legal…
Simon Pullicino
4th November 2016
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Constitutional Appeal on the Protection of Human Rights in Competition Proceedings. Antitrust, Competition and Trade

Constitutional Appeal on the Protection of Human Rights in Competition Proceedings.

This article was written by Dr Richard Camilleri and Dr Annalies Azzopardi.MAMO TCV OBTAINS FAVOURABLE DECISION FOR RESPONDENT IN CONSTITUTIONAL APPEAL REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPETITION PROCEEDINGS In a judgment dated 3 May 2016, in the names Federation of Estate Agents v Director General (Competition) et (Constitutional application number 87/2013/2), the Constitutional Court confirmed that the competition procedures currently envisaged by the Competition Act (Cap. 379 of the laws of Malta) in the case of a breach of the competition rules violate the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Malta ("the Constitution") with regards to…
Richard Camilleri
5th May 2016
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The Protection Of Human Rights In Competition Proceedings Antitrust, Competition and Trade

The Protection Of Human Rights In Competition Proceedings

This article was written by Dr Richard Camilleri and Dr Annalies Azzopardi.MAMO TCV REPRESENTS APPLICANT IN LANDMARK CONSTITUTIONAL CASE REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPETITION PROCEEDINGSIn a judgment handed down on 21 April 2015 in the names Federation of Estate Agents vs Direttur Ġenerali (Kompetizzjoni) et (application number 87/2013), the First Hall, Civil Court in its constitutional jurisdiction held that the procedures currently envisaged by the Competition Act (Cap. 379 of the laws of Malta) in the case of a breach of the competition rules violate the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Malta ("the Constitution")…
Richard Camilleri
7th May 2015
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Damages in Maltese Intellectual Property Cases: A Brief Look at Article 12 of Chapter 488 of the Laws of Malta Intellectual Property

Damages in Maltese Intellectual Property Cases: A Brief Look at Article 12 of Chapter 488 of the Laws of Malta

IntroductionThe Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (Regulation) Act, 2006  came into effect at the end of 2006  and fully implements the provisions of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (the Directive). It is fair to say that Maltese practitioners took some time getting used to the broad implications of Chapter 488. It is also fair to say that even the Maltese Courts themselves initially seemed to exhibit trepidation in granting some of the remedies stemming from this new law. Many of these remedies are more…